AHF has a new head of ecommerce.AHF, the furniture retail chain that was last year bought by Airsprung owner Andrew Perloff, has appointed experienced online retail executive Alex Broughton as its new head of ecommerce.

Lorraine Kelly stars in new adverts with her border terrier, Angus.Ecommerce home furnishings retailer Wayfair has launched its new UK television advertising campaign featuring ITV host and brand ambassador Lorraine Kelly.

Wayfair customers in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland will no longer have to pay to have furniture delivered after the fast-expanding ecommerce retailer extended its free delivery service to all parts of the UK.

Monoqi.co.uk is the retailer's dedicated UK ecommerce asset.Investors have snapped up the assets of Monoqi, the European furniture etailer that operates a dedicated UK sales channel and which bought selected parts of MyDeco four years ago.

Findel, the circa £500 million turnover home shopping business, could become the latest addition to Mike Ashley's retail empire after Sports Direct International said it was bidding for the Manchester based company.

UK sales believed to be in the hundreds of millions of pounds for Wayfair.UK sales for home furnishings retailer Wayfair are estimated to have shot past £200 million in 2018 as the ecommerce conglomerate's heavy marketing investment delivered top-line payback.

Amazon has launched two new home brands pitched at aspirational UK consumersAmazon, the global retail giant, has taken two big steps into the UK furniture mid-market with the launch of dedicated brands selling a co-ordinated programme of upholstery and cabinet furniture.

The changes affect employees at Shop Direct's Speke headquartersThe home shopping group behind the Very.co.uk and Littlewoods brands is realigning its retail team with proposals that will affect the makeup of its furniture buying and merchandising functions.

Household goods sales topped £110m last yearEcommerce and mail-order retailer Studio posted double-digit sales growth in the final three months of 2018 while home goods have gained traction in the early weeks of this year.

European furniture etailer Home24 said a record Black Friday event meant it hit full year order targets in 2018 but revenue will be lower than forecast after some deliveries were delayed until January.

Third quarter product sales fell for the company behind the home shopping retailers JD Williams, Simply Be and Jacamo, but the overall revenue fall was lower because of extra income from financial services.

Shop Direct's corporate HQ in LiverpoolShop Direct, the ecommerce giant behind the Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com brands, said its furniture and homeware category returned to growth over the festive season.

Bargain Crazy is part of the standalone Littlewoods Clearance businessShop Direct says it plans to close its standalone Littlewoods Clearance business unit after concluding bulk disposal represents a better alternative for clearance stock.

The design concept for Wayfair's holiday pop-up shops. Photograph: Business WireEcommerce furniture and furnishings retailer Wayfair will this autumn experiment with pop-up stores in its domestic U.S market as it explores new ways to interact offline with customers.

Profits jumped by nearly a third for AtlanticOnline furniture retailer Atlantic Shopping, which majors in dining furniture including bar stools, chairs and tables, made nearly 20 percent net as sales advanced double-digit last year.

Amara operates websites for all the markets it operates including the UK where its offer also comprises furniturePremium lifestyle, furniture and home accents etailer Amara Living expanded here and abroad in 2017 in a year that saw it attract new equity funding and agree bigger debt facilities.

Very.co.uk will introduce IFC to boost furniture salesVery owner Shop Direct says it will introduce interest free credit as a way to bridge the gap to rivals after seeing furniture sales fall sharply in the nine months to end March.

Tesco Direct carries a significant furniture offerTesco is to close its non-food website Tesco Direct this summer as part of a rethink of the way it approaches the sale of general merchandise such as furniture.